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ATTORNEY WITNESSES A ZM Patented Mar. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MYER SIEGEL, or NEW Yox, N. Y., AssIeNoial oFoNE-HALF 'ro CHARLES SIEGEL, or

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DISHWASHEB Application led August 13, 1932. Serial No. 628,739.

This invention relates to dish washing devices and particularly to an improved dish washer which is to be used by hand, the object being to provide an improved and simplilied structure which may be readily brought into contact with the dishes during the washing action to secure a quick washing without the necessity of placing the hands in the dish water.

1o Another object of the invention is to provide an improved dish washer wherein a washing head is used in connection with a continuous or intermittent supply of water, the structure being so formed that it may be moved by hand over the dish being washed.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a dish washer utilizing a washing head consisting of bristles or other rubbing members in connection with a supply of water directed on and within the hea so that as the head is rubbed or moved over the dish or other object, water is supplied to the dish or other object.

An additional object, more specifically, is to provide a dish washer utilizing either a continuous or an intermittent supply of water, and means for intermittently providing a Y supply of liquid soap.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a dish washer disclosing an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through Figure 1 approximately on line 2 2;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through Figure 2 on line 3-3;

Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 1 with a portion broken away, the view disclosing aV modified construction to that illustrated in Figure 1; Y

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates what may be called a handle or support, the same being provided lwith a thumb-receiving member or loop 2, and with an enlarged apertured head 3. A

lever 4 is pivotally mounted at 5 on the handle l, said lever having at one end a rack 6 and at the other a linger-receiving loop 7. The rack 6 is adapted to bel continually in mesh with the gear wheel 8 whereby when the lever 4 is swung back and forth on its pivot with respect to the handle 1, the gear Wheel 8 will be rotated back and forth.

As shown in* Figure 2, the gear wheel8 is soldered or otherwise rigidly secured to the upper end of a tube 9, which tube is provided '55 with an inturned flange 10 so that the shoulder 11 of the sleeve V12 may rest against the same. A ring or abutment 13 is clamped to the reduced extension 14 of sleeve 12 by a suitable set screw 15. A exible hose 16 has one end fitted over the reduced extension14 so that water or other liquid passing through the hose 16 will be discharged through the sleeve 12 into theV tube 9. When the ldevice is vin use, the hose 16may be of any desired 65 tudinally through the enlargement 3. At the klower end tube 9 is provided with an internal- 75 ly threaded portion 19 which receives the threaded extension 20 of the cleaning head 21. This cleaning head is shown as being provided with bristles 22, but if desired it could be provided with other cleaning members, as, for instance, a piece of cloth. A bone 23 extends from the upper end of the head downwardly and is reduced at 24 so that the central bore 25 is smaller 'than-the bore 23, while at the point 24 a` number of passage- 85 ways 26 converge, said passageways extending downwardly at such an angle that water passing therethrough will strike the outer survface .of the bristles 22 s ol as to wash objects therefrom. Y i f' Y f '90 When the deviceis in operation, the flexible tube or hose 16 is connected to a continuous water supply, as above mentioned, and the handle 1 and lever 4 are grasped by placing j the thumb through the loop 2 and placing `95 certain of the fingers through loop 7. The device is then moved until the bristles 22 come in contact with a dish or other object to be washed. As the water continues to flow, the bristles may be rubbed against the dish so as to clean the same. In addition, by moving the lever 4 back and forth the cleaning head 2l may be rotated in addition to being moved back and forth over the dish. In this way both a back and forth and a rotary movement is given to the cleaning head. While this is being done the water is continually flowing, and While the cleaning head loosens any dirt or other objects from the dish, the Water Will Wash the same away. Ordinarily the rotary movement given to the tube 9 is slightly less than one complete revolution, but if desired it can be made more than one revolution by varying the relative sizes of the rack 6 and the gear Wheel 8.

In Figure 4 a slightly modified form of the invention is shown wherein means have been provided for causing the tube 9 to rotate a great number of times upon each actuation of the lever 4. Most of the structure shown in Figure 4 is identical With that shown in Figure l, so that only the modified parts Will be given additional numbers. As shown in this figure, the rack 6 meshes with the gear wheel 8 which is rigidly secured to `a larve orear Wheel 27 which ear Wheel continually meshes with the gear Wheel 8. The gear Wheels 8 and 27 are rotatably mounted on the handle l by a suitable journal pin 28 and functions to multiply the number of revolutions of the tube 9 as the lever l moves back and forth.

What is claimed is:

A dish Washer including a cleaning head, a tubular member carrying said head, said tubular member at the upper rend being provided with a turned-in flange, a sleeve having a shoulder, said sleeve being rotatably positioned in said tubular member With the shoulder resting against said fiange, said sleeve having a tubular extension for the reception of liquid which is discharged through the sleeve and the tubular member on to said head, a. gear Wheel rigidly secured to said tubular member, a handle having an apertured portion through Which the portion of the tubular member below the gear Wheel extends, an abutment rigidly secured to said tubular member immediately below said handle, a rack continually meshing With said gear Wheel, a lever pivotally mounted on said handle and rigidly connected with said rack, whereby when said lever is actuated said gear Wheel will be rotated for rotating the tubular member and said head.

MYER SIEGEL. 

